Gagner will be interesting to watch. He is RFA after the season and I think he has shown that he will be a 60-70 point guy. Do they trade him and if so do they get more prospects/picks for him, do they trade him for someone the same age(22) on defence or perhaps a goalie, or do they sign him long term ??

And I wouldnt be shocked to see Tambelini fired at the end of the year. They were supposed to be competitive this year but it hasnt happened.

black ace wrote:Gagner will be interesting to watch. He is RFA after the season and I think he has shown that he will be a 60-70 point guy. Do they trade him and if so do they get more prospects/picks for him, do they trade him for someone the same age(22) on defence or perhaps a goalie, or do they sign him long term ??

Hmmm 10g + 15a = 25 points in 26 games!

Yup, the Great Strangelove should definitely replace Gillis as GM of your Vancouver Canucks:

RoyalDude wrote:This thread basicially points out the paranoia and realization for Canuck fans that with great young hockey players in Hall, Eberle, RNH and now seemingly Sam Gagner that the much dreaded Oilers have the potential to be real scarey once the Sedin era begins to wane and those nightmares of the beat downs that the Gretzky/Messier/Coffey/Fuhr Oilers constantly handed us for many years may reign once again if these hotshot rookies in Oil Town get a decent support group around them as they pile up the experience and chemistry and cockiness.

If this weren't the case we wouldn't be having a thread about the 'new Oilers' with this many replies in a Canuck forum. It's unprecedented. I think some of you is getting a little worried and needing a little consoling and help quashing the Oilers potential.

I've said it before, Gillis was gift wrapped a real good team right on the bubble of playoff success and regular season dominance. Gillis hasn't been truly tested as a GM in building a 'good hockey team'. Most GM's get new jobs with shitty hockey teams and have to build from scratch. When you start with a team that has the Sedins, Kesler, Luongo, Schneider, Bieksa, Edler, Hansen, Raymond, Salo, Burrows, you have landed a pretty damn good gig. We will get to see what Gillis is truly made of as soon as the Sedins game starts to show its age. If Tambellini manages to build a decent support group for the young Oiler stars and Gillis doesn't manage to counter that with eye on the next generation up behind the Sedins. We could be getting some serious beat downs for a long time from the Oilers once again.

Oh yeah, this young Oiler group may be getting a very good quality D-man in the up coming draft if they pick in the top 5 being that this is a good year for drafting D-men.

Eberle, Hall and RNH are just too good for the Oilers to be bad forever. Those three players will be finishing in the top 10 in scoring for many years. And if Gagner has truly arrived well shit, lookout. Lets just hope that Paajarvi doesn't wake up one day.

Oh yeah, here it is...

His team's management is kinda fucked up no?!

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